NFL teams say Packers should have to cut Aaron Rodgers over IR rule – report

• ESPN reports teams unhappy with Packers re-placement of QB on IR list
• Rule says team must waive player if placed on IR again with no new injury
• ‘Nobody expects’ Rodgers will be cut, which is why they’re complaining

Several NFL teams reportedly believe the Green Bay Packers have violated league rules by re-placing star quarterback Aaron Rodgers on the season-ending injured reserve list without specifying a new injury after the team was eliminated from play-off contention with Atlanta’s win over Tampa Bay on Monday night.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Sunday morning that the unnamed teams believe Rodgers should have to be released and placed on waivers due to the rule, which stipulates that a player must have suffered a new injury that would sideline him at least six weeks to be placed on injured reserve: “If that is not the case, the team is obligated to release the player once he is healthy.”

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